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Belgium Signs €1.5Bn Deal to Buy French Next-Gen Armored Vehicles
Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and Steven Vandeput, Federal Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Belgium, today in Paris signed an unprecedented intergovernmental framework agreement which anch

Japan Reviewing Options for Next-Gen Fighter
With Finance Ministry officials lurking in the background, hawkish lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party continue to battle the Defense Ministry over development of the next-generation figh

French Carrier Back at Sea After 18-Month Refit
Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly will today visit the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle on the occasion of the official completion of the ship’s mid-life refit, carried out under the management o

US Fighter Readiness: The View from Beijing
The US Defense Secretary James Norman Mattis has signed a memorandum, requesting that the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps keep main fighter jets such as F-35 fighter planes, F-22 Raptor stealth fi...

Belgium Signs €1.5Bn Deal to Buy French Next-Gen Armored Vehicles
Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and Steven Vandeput, Federal Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Belgium, today in Paris signed an unprecedented intergovernmental framework agreement which anch...

Japan Reviewing Options for Next-Gen Fighter
With Finance Ministry officials lurking in the background, hawkish lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party continue to battle the Defense Ministry over development of the next-generation figh...

French Carrier Back at Sea After 18-Month Refit
Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly will today visit the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle on the occasion of the official completion of the ship’s mid-life refit, carried out under the management o...

Norwegian Frigate Grounded After Collision
The Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad has been involved in a collision with the tanker Sola TS. All personnel are now evacuated, eight people have had slight injuries and are being taken care of. ...

Russia Flies First Production Il-76MD-90A Transport and First Mil-38T Helo
MOSCOW --- The serial-produced Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A, a heavy upgrade of the Il-76 military transport plane, performed its debut flight on November 7, CEO of the Ilyushin Aircraft Company Alexei Rogozi...

Arianespace Soyuz Orbits Metop-C Satellite from Kourou
Arianespace has successfully launched the Metop-C satellite for EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites. Arianespace’s eighth launch of the year, and t...

Germany Cautious As France Leads European Defense Initiative
France is leading a 10-country defense initiative in a bid to "face new threats" outside existing structures. Germany is wary that the project could entangle its military in foreign interventions and ...

Ten Euro Defense Ministers Launch 4 Intervention Initiatives
After launching officially the European Intervention Initiative (EI2) by signing the Letter of Intent on 25 June 2018, the Ministers of Defence of Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, the Nethe...

China Claims Advance Over US on Rocket Artillery
State-owned Chinese military industrial conglomerate China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) displayed its latest products including a SH11 155mm wheeled self-propelled gun-howitzer and rocket ar...

US Benchmarking Capabilities Against China, Russia
DURHAM, N.C. --- Russia and China are near-peer competitors and the United States must benchmark military capabilities against these possible threats, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford said at Duke Univer...

China Displays Unmanned Missile Boat at Airshow
China's first unmanned missile boat that recently tested missile launch is on display at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China) in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdo...

Finnish Units Complete Trident Juncture Exercise, Draw Lessons
The unit training conducted in the framework of the Trident Juncture 18 exercise will come to an end on Wednesday 7 November. From Finland, a total of 600 soldiers including 300 conscripts have partic...

HMS Diamond Joins Submarine to Safeguard Eastern Med
Two weeks of intensive training with all manner of air power means Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond is at the top of her game on patrol in the eastern Mediterranean. The Portsmouth-based air-defence w...

Leonardo Selected by South Korea to Upgrade IFF and More
ROME --- At Indo Defence 2018 Expo & Forum (Jakarta 7 – 10 November), Leonardo is proud to announce that it has been selected by the Republic of Korea-based company LIG Nex1 as a strategic technology ...

EU Cybersecurity Organisations Agree On 2019 Roadmap
BRUSSELS --- On 6 November, following a meeting at working level, the four Principals of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (E...

How to Improve UK-France Defence Cooperation
Damn English! Bloody Frenchies! Although relations between France and the United Kingdom have not always been good, over time our ties have evolved into a lasting friendship and a strong alliance, par...

Airbus H125 Lands on Mount Everest, the Top of the World
The challenges of climbing in the Himalayas are legendary. So are the challenges of flying there, yet many a climber owes thanks to the H125 and its pilots. “Our pilots have to take precautions,” s...

Greek Helicopters Deploy to Israel for Joint Training
Recently, Ramon AFB's service members witnessed an unusual sight – two "Chinook" (CH-47) tandem rotor helicopters appeared over the airbase. They were joined by black "Apache" and "Apache Longbow" att...

Bombardier to Divest Units for $900M, Cut 5,000 jobs
MONTRÉAL --- Bombardier today reported its third quarter 2018 results marked by strong earnings growth. The Company also announced a number of strategic actions, including the launch of an enterprise-...

Airbus Foresees China Market at Over 7,400 New Aircraft to 2037
ZHUHAI AIRSHOW 2018 --- China will need over 7,400 new passenger aircraft and freighters from 2018 to 2037, with a total market value of US $1,060 billion, according to Airbus’ latest China Market For...

Naval Group Exhibits Latest Innovations at Indodefence 2018
JAKARTA --- For the 2018 Indodefence exhibition, Naval Group will showcase high technology naval solutions including the Scorpene, the Belharra and the Gowind designs at booth N° D 180 Hall D. As the ...

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